Belgrade, October 10 - Partizan has started its Group D campaign with a victory thanks to three-point shooting (14 of 24).
Telindus played pretty well in the first half but later, their best player, Ralph Biggs, was stopped by Predrag Materic. Virginijus Praskevicius worked hard together with Peter Van Paassen but the team had no idea of how to stop Partizan shooters.
Member of Yugoslav national team Veselin Petrovic, and Nadjfej couldn't help Partizan due to injuries. Biggs, Oostende's best player tonight, was unstoppable in the first quarter. Vlado Scepanovic hit 3-of-5 three-pointers to tie the score after the first 10 minutes.
In the second quarter, Predrag Materic entered the court and played an excellent defense on Biggs and it became the main reason for the Partizan lead at the halftime.
After 5 minutes of the third quarter, home team had a 61-51 lead and the first traces of
victory appeared. Partizan centers Stanojevic and Ostojic blocked all the ways to their basket and 8 minutes before the end of the game there was a 17-point lead (78-61).
EuroLeague, Group D, Round 1, Belgrade, YUGOSLAVIA, October 10
PARTIZAN Belgrade (YUGOSLAVIA) - TELINDUS OOSTENDE (BELGIUM) 86-77 (22-22, 27-21, 22-18, 15-16). Attendance: 5,000.
PARTIZAN: Scepanovic 16 (3 assists, 4 steals), Zivkovic, Nadjfej, Gajic, Ostojic 4, Stanojevic 17 (8 rebounds, 3 assists), Materic 8, Glintic 8, Krstic 2, Vujanic 17 (3 assists), Avdalovic 8 and Canak 6.
OOSTENDE: Major, Van Paasen 11, Beghin 10, Cizmic 5,
Giedraitis 5, Biggs 21, Rotsaert, Menama, Elliott 9, Praskevicius 16.
FREE THROWS: PARTIZAN 10/18, OOSTENDE 17/24
2P FG: PARTIZAN 17/30, OOSTENDE 21/46
3P FG: PARTIZAN 14/24, OOSTENDE 6/12
REBOUNDS: PARTIZAN 21 (16+5), OOSTENDE 20 (11+9)
Other results in Group D
URAL (Russia) - SCAVOLINI (Italy) 99-88
CIBONA (Croatia) - TAU (Spain) 96-95 OT
ASVEL (France) - AEK (Greece) 86-84 OT
